33 OF 50 TOP COVID HOT SPOTS ARE IN PRISONS & JAILS On May 22, The New York Times published an updated report, “Coronavirus in the U.S.: Latest Map and Case Counts.” For weeks Times journalists had tracked clusters of cases and deaths across the country. The largest such outbreaks include state prisons in Ohio and Tennessee, a federal prison complex in California, meatpacking plants in the Midwest and an aircraft carrier that was docked in Guam. The deadliest outbreaks have been in nursing homes and other long-term care facilities.
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These following are the facilities across the U.S. with the most cases at the time of press.
The list contains some 500 prisons and jails, as well as food processing plants and nursing homes with at least 50 cases each. Some agencies and facilities have refused to release the numbers of
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Marion Correctional Institution — Marion, Ohio Pickaway Correctional Institution — Scioto Township, Ohio Trousdale Turner Correctional Center — Hartsville, Tenn. Smithfield Foods pork processing facility — Sioux Falls, S.D. Tyson Foods meatpacking plant — Waterloo, Iowa Lompoc Prison Complex — Lompoc, Calif. Cook County jail — Chicago, Ill. U.S.S. Theodore Roosevelt — Guam Cummins Unit prison — Grady, Ark. Harris County jail — Houston, Texas Lansing Correctional Facility — Lansing, Kan. Tyson Foods meatpacking plant — Logansport, Ind.
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